Grace I. [Lenker] Warfel (1922-2022) – Centenarian
GRACE I. WARFEL MILLERSBURG – Grace Irene Warfel, age 100, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022, at the Northern Dauphin Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born on April […]
Erma G. [Lenker] Stoneroad (1920-2022) – Centenarian
ERMA STONEROAD MILLERSBURG – Erma Stoneroad, age 101, passed away May 08, 2022, at Kinkora Pythian Home in Duncannon, Pennsylvania. She was born on September 24, 1920 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, […]
Rife – Zion Lutheran Church
A 2011 photograph of the Zion Lutheran Church, Rife, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Zion Lutheran Church is located on Rife Road, Upper Paxton Township, between Millersburg and Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]
Curtin C. McLaughlin (1884-1938) – Businessman & Auto Dealer
The death of Curtin Cleveland McLaughlin on February 10, 1938, brought to an end a garage and auto dealership (McLaughlin Motor Company) located on Market Square, Millersburg, in the brick […]
Souvenir Book for Upper Paxton Township Bicentennial, 1967
The cover of the souvenir edition of The Bicentennial Book: Upper Paxton Township, 1767-1967. In 175 pages, it is a “review of the historical background and development of Upper Paxton […]
Millersburg Black-Face “Artist” Joins Circus, 1970
The Lykens Standard of February 19, 1970, published a news story that indicated that a black-face performer, Robert “Bobby” Snyder, originally from Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, had joined a traveling […]
Rife Boy Joins Medicine Show as Black-Face Comedian, 1936
A brief article that appeared in the Lykens Standard of September 11, 1936, told of a boy from Rife, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who had been a black-face performer with the […]
Two Planes Forced to Land at Rife in Bad Visibility, 1935
PLANES LAND AT RIFE BECAUSE OF MURKY WEATHER Two Taylor Cub planes being flown from Bradford to Philadelphia landed safely in a field near Rife Monday, when poor visibility and […]